Challenges: Well-being Review

04/29/24 • 24 min

Live Vedanta: Parenting Culture

🎓Recap (March 11, 2024)

💖 Care-giving is the original vocation.

🕊️Well-being or Svasti, is symbolized by the Svastika and Bhagavathi Parvati serves as a reminder for engaging in well-being.
🌳 Being in nature promotes a healthy body;
🧘‍♀️ Being natural and healing through solitude is effortless and promotes mental well-being.

Here is a recap of what was shared through the lens of the well-being of those we care for:

🌿 Ancient Wisdom -
- 🍚 Draupadi received the Akshaya Patra during the Pandavas' exile, providing unlimited food until she ate.
- 🙏 Grateful for its sustenance in the jungle, she conversed with Bhagavan Sri Krishna regularly.
- 🍲 Once, after a meal, Krishna visited her. Despite feeling remorse for not having anything to offer Him, Krishna found a single grain of rice stuck to the pot, which he happily consumed.
- 😊 This symbolized contentment even with a small offering resulting in universal happiness.
🍎Prioritize providing healthier food options, like fruits, for those we care for.
💬 Foster discussion-oriented homes for mental well-being.
🗣️ Regular discussions and family meetings strengthen relationships.
🌱 Svasti involves encouraging healthy habits and open communication, even outsourcing discussions when necessary.

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🎓Recap (March 11, 2024)

💖 Care-giving is the original vocation.

🕊️Well-being or Svasti, is symbolized by the Svastika and Bhagavathi Parvati serves as a reminder for engaging in well-being.
🌳 Being in nature promotes a healthy body;
🧘‍♀️ Being natural and healing through solitude is effortless and promotes mental well-being.

Here is a recap of what was shared through the lens of the well-being of those we care for:

🌿 Ancient Wisdom -
- 🍚 Draupadi received the Akshaya Patra during the Pandavas' exile, providing unlimited food until she ate.
- 🙏 Grateful for its sustenance in the jungle, she conversed with Bhagavan Sri Krishna regularly.
- 🍲 Once, after a meal, Krishna visited her. Despite feeling remorse for not having anything to offer Him, Krishna found a single grain of rice stuck to the pot, which he happily consumed.
- 😊 This symbolized contentment even with a small offering resulting in universal happiness.
🍎Prioritize providing healthier food options, like fruits, for those we care for.
💬 Foster discussion-oriented homes for mental well-being.
🗣️ Regular discussions and family meetings strengthen relationships.
🌱 Svasti involves encouraging healthy habits and open communication, even outsourcing discussions when necessary.

About Parenting Culture: Season 2023-24

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Challenges: Well-being

🎓Recap (March 4, 2024)

💖 Caring for another connects them to the community; living similarly helps them enhance their contribution positively.
🌱 Parenting Culture is like Community Service - we sow the seeds for the future generations.

Review of Parenting Modern Challenges and their Ancient Wisdom Visualizations -

1. Screen Time (podcast)

🐟 From the Mahabharata’s Yaksha Prashna - A fish symbolizes what sleeps with its eyes open.
📱 Practice: Implement designated screen time zones.
👨‍👧‍👦Observation: Caregivers often overlook the impact of their casual phone use on those they care for.

2. Instilling Values (podcast)

📖 From the Bhagavad Gita - Chapter 12, Verse 15 - Nodvijate refers to the one who does not annoy and isn't annoyed by others.
👨‍💼 Practice: Being responsible
👀 Observation: Being responsible prevents annoyance to others.

3. Life Skills (podcast)

📜 From our scriptures - Viveka (prioritization) , Vairagya (independence), Shat Sampathis which includes Mumukshutva (freedom) are crucial life skills.
🌟 Dhruva's story illustrates the pursuit of freedom guided by his mother, Suneeti, who encouraged him to seek beyond societal expectations.
🙏 Practice: Setting up altars for cultivating these values, fostering a habit of inner reflection and connection with divinity.
🕊️Observation: this practice helps individuals, especially children, internalize the concept of freedom and quieten the mind.

4. Well-being

🌿 Ancient Wisdom comes from our role model Bhagavati Sati, also known as Bhagavati Aparna, Bhagavati Uma, and Bhagavati Parvati who initially prioritized position over peace, causing profound pain.
🏞️ Reborn as Parvati (the daughter of the mountain), she sought solace with Bhagavan Shiva in the wilderness, symbolizing her commitment to inner peace.
🍃 She was known as Aparna, the one who only ate leaves, and as Uma, for all the pain and suffering she faced but throughout this time, she was at peace, she was happy.
Practice:
- 🌳 Be in nature for the rejuvenation of the Body and Breath.
- 🧘‍♀️ Embrace solitude by dating yourself for the serenity of the mind and intellect
Observation:
- 🕊️ Svastika is a reminder for Well-being. Svasti is the Sanskrit word for Well-being (Su meaning well and asti meaning BEing. Ka is a reminder).
- ☮️ Svastika is a symbol to remind us to be calm and quiet.

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Challenges: Peer Pressure

🎓Recap (March 25, 2024)

🌟 Inclusive and generous people radiate happiness and spread joy.
🌈 Openness ignites this happiness.

Here is a recap of what was shared:

🌿 Ancient Wisdom from the Mahabharatha -
- 📚 The once virtuous and disciplined Ajamila, witnessed a man with a prostitute in the jungle, captivating his attention.
- 🤔 Consumed by thoughts of them, he neglected his rituals and brought her home, leading to his own downfall.
- 📖 This tale emphasizes how negative influences affect choices and behavior.
💪 In modern life where there can be positive or negative peer pressure, negativity often dominates our experiences.
🌟 Our lives and relationships are custom designed for us. What others do is designed for them, not for us.
👥 Avoid negative peer pressure, ignore neutral peer pressure, and seek noble peer pressure.
- 🌱Nobility humbles and inspires, making us aspire to the greatness of such people.
- 💫Creating a "Sattvic Circle" - a supportive social circle promotes independence and quietness. Offer Support to one who lacks this to help prevent them from falling further due to negative peer pressure.

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